Join the Festival team. Become a volunteer.

Volunteers are an important and much valued part of the Castlemaine State Festival. The 2015 Castlemaine State Festival relied on over 250 volunteers accounting for over 5,000 hours!

The 2017 Castlemaine State Festival is fast approaching and again the success of the Festival will rely on a large number of dedicated volunteers. By becoming a volunteer you have the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in this spectacular cultural event. There are a range of ways for you to share your talents, skills and time both during and in the lead up to the festival, in roles such as administration, production, ticketing, artist support, transportation and artist accommodation. All volunteers are provided orientation and support, and an opportunity to participate in festival activities and contribute to its success.

Upon registration as a Castlemaine State Festival volunteer, volunteers will receive a Volunteer Handbook. This will include detailed descriptions of the roles available, along with guidelines associated with the responsibilities of both the Festival and its volunteers, and will assist volunteers in selecting their preferred roles. The handbook is available to download below.

Front of House - Includes Ushering, Program Distribution, Ticket Selling, Venue Minding

Visual Art – Includes invigilation of exhibitions, hanging works, dismantling works, talking to audience about works

Accommodation of artists and crew

Transport of artists and crew (You must hold a current Victorian License)

Education - assisting with school groups

Box Office - Customer service and ticket sale at the Festival Box Office

Other

Other - Please Advise

All volunteers are provided orientation and support, and an opportunity to participate in festival activities and contribute to its success. Closer to the Festival there will be an information session for new volunteers which will outline the available volunteer tasks, and orientation. Details of this session will be sent to you.